Re: Status of the LPR package
On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 12:27:24AM -0500, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote:
>
> The RedHat's version has one important feature that debian's leack. When
> the printer is remote, debian lpr ignores all filters. So if you have an
> HP with JetDirect card, you're stuck. I had to install RedHat's rpm using
> alien.
This is a standard "feature" of lpr AFAIK. (unfortunately I have lprng
installed so I can't quote the manpage). The normal workaround is to have
two printers:
- the remote printer definition
- a local printer definition which points to the remote printer
definition and has a filter defined
Then you just print to the local printer, which filters the input and sends
it to the other definition (which as a remote definition ignores any
filtering _it_ has - i.e. none) which sends it to the printer.
Phew
Adrian
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